Over the next month on CBC-TV’s DOC ZONE, discover why high powered men risk everything for sex in WHY MEN CHEAT; find out why so many of Canada’s university graduates are either unemployed or underemployed in GENERATION JOBLESS; discover why there is growing opposition to wind power in WIND RUSH; get a modern take on John Gray’s book about gender differences in MARS & VENUS TODAY; and learn how baby boomers are transforming business, aging and retirement in BOOMER REVOLUTION.
Hosted by Ann-Marie MacDonald, DOC ZONE explores and expands on the major issues of our time. Informed, exciting and provocative, DOC ZONE presents a panoramic view of what matters most to Canadians.
Airs Thursday, Jan. 24 at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT) on CBC-TV
The story is familiar—an alpha male risks everything for sexual gratification, and the question is always the same—why? WHY MEN CHEAT explores why these men consider themselves immune from the rules of society. It also investigates the biochemistry of human attraction and what role testosterone plays in sexual risk-taking.
Airs Thursday, Jan. 31 at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT) on CBC-TV
Today’s university grads are mired in debt and underemployed. Are they becoming a lost generation? GENERATION JOBLESS explores why so many educated young Canadians are unemployed or scraping by in service jobs that don’t require a degree. Where have the jobs gone and what are the solutions?
Airs Thursday, Feb. 7 at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT) on CBC-TV
Harnessing the power of wind to wean the electrical supply off coal and fight climate change seems like the perfect environmental solution. But a growing anti-wind movement says these giant turbines have gone up without sufficient research into their health impacts. In the rush to embrace wind power, have the people who live among the wind farms been forgotten?
Airs Thursday, Feb. 14 at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT) on CBC-TV
Twenty years after the release of John Gray’s bestseller Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, we explore whether men and women really do come from different planets. After two decades of social change and scientific discoveries, do Gray’s conclusions about male-female relationships still make sense? Is there really a pink brain and a blue brain and do women actually talk more than men?Doc Zonedelivers a provocative Valentine.
BOOMER REVOLUTION
Airs Thursday, Feb. 21 at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT) on CBC-TV
In the ‘60s, they changed the world. In their 60s, Baby Boomers just may do it again. The largest and wealthiest generation in our history, more than 10 million strong in Canada, is about to revolutionize our definitions of aging and retirement. BOOMER REVOLUTION examines how Boomers are reshaping “the golden years” and how businesses are scrambling to catch up.
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